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cross-country skiing: Quick Facts

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Also Known As langlauf • langrenn • Nordic racing • ski touring

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Recreational cross-country skiers
Illustration comparing downhill and cross-country ski equipment, showing a downhill ski boot and binding, a cross-country boot and binding, and a skier in full gear holding skis and a pole.
Cross-country skiing
Cross-country skiing
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-country skier
Vegaro Ulvang of Norway competing in the men's 15-km cross-country event in the World Nordic Skiing Championships.
cross-country skiing
Cross-country equipment: classical
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Yelena Vyalbe
Russian skier
Marit Bjørgen
Marit Bjørgen
Norwegian skier
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Bente Skari
Norwegian skier
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Lyubov Yegorova
Russian skier
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Manuela Di Centa
Italian skier
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Vegard Ulvang
Norwegian athlete
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Raisa Smetanina
Russian skier
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Eero Mäntyranta
Finnish skier
Galina Kulakova
Galina Kulakova
Russian skier
Bjørn Daehlie
Bjørn Daehlie
Norwegian skier
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Sixten Jernberg
Swedish skier
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Toini Gustafsson
Swedish skier
Veikko Hakulinen
Veikko Hakulinen
Finnish skier
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Nikolay Zimyatov
Soviet skier

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